Business & GA

Product Focus: Inmarsat Swift64 Expands

Inmarsat’s 11-month-old Swift64 high-speed data service, based on the Inmarsat-3 constellation, has carved out a niche in government and corporate aviation. As of December, more than 100 terminals apparently had been sold,…

Business & GA

Chips That Think: RF Design

In the 1980s radio frequency (RF) engineers developed microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits that revolutionized the reliability and controllability of RF systems, while significantly reducing their size and cost. But now a…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Safety vs. Entertainment

There is a saying in the nation’s capital that "money is policy." Which is to say, ignore all the declaratory political rhetoric and look to the hard numbers in the government budget.…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

New Washington Area TRACON A new terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility that consolidates five TRACONs in the Washington-Baltimore area began operation in late 2002. The Potomac Consolidated TRACON in Warrenton, Va.,…

Business & GA

Precision and Flexibility, Too

Precision, accuracy, stability – these are what a pilot wants in a precision instrument approach. The instrument landing system (ILS) has provided these qualities for years; however, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…

Military

Smart Tanker

If you never have experienced a refueling operation from inside a tanker aircraft, you may think the process is relatively simple, involving little more than extending a boom and then letting the…

Business & GA

Eye on the Cabin

Cabin security, thrust into the limelight by the 9/11 terrorist assault, has been quietly pursued for a number of years by a handful of companies that now are poised to capitalize on…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

February 3-6 "Satellite-Based Communications, Navigation and Surveillance for Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM)," a short course offered by the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). Contact UCLA Extension, phone 310-825-3344, fax 310-206-2815 or visit…